Good morning. Gamecock vs. Gamecock on the biggest stage in baseball. It doesn’t get much better than this.

What else is new in today’s Brew? ⤵️

⚽️ On to the tournament
🏀 To the City of Lights
🤙 And much, much more

🎥 GAMECOCKS+

Have you ever wondered how Alex Huntley came to be known as Boogie? In this week’s all-new episode of Gamecock Talk, we’re sitting down with South Carolina’s standout defensive tackle to talk about why he stayed home in Columbia, what being a leader on this team means to him, and how he got his nickname.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 On To The Tournament. What a regular season it was for South Carolina women’s soccer! Four Gamecocks earned SEC honors ahead of the start of the SEC Tournament. Senior forward Cat Barry, fifth-year goalie Heather Hinz, and sophomore defender Gracie Falla landed on the All-SEC First Team, while freshman Reagan Schubach earned SEC All-Freshman team recognition.

And as if that wasn’t enough, Hinz earned SEC Goalkeeper of the Year honors, and Falla earned SEC Defender of the Year!

Hinz posted nine shutouts, including six against SEC foes, for a total of 31 career shutouts in the Garnet & Black. That’s good for the third-best all-time in South Carolina program history. She also tallied nine saves against Texas A&M — the most in a single game in the SEC all season. Meanwhile, Falla scored back-to-back game-winning goals this season, the first two goals of her career.

The Gamecocks will start the SEC Tournament on Halloween with a 3:30pm ET battle against Texas A&M. The Gamecocks are the third seed, while the Aggies come in seeded sixth. Check out the full schedule for the tournament here.

🔼 Get Better. Linebacker Jaron Willis made his season debut for the Gamecocks and the Ole Miss transfer made the most of his opportunity. Willis recorded a big-time sack on Aggies’ QB Max Johnson, which led to a forced fumble. After the game, Coach Beamer talked about what he saw from Willis on the field:

“He just continues to get better. They work, they get better, and they get opportunities on the field. We went to Jaron on Sunday and talked about the package we are going to put in for you and Bam and kind of all you guys to do what you did today. Did a great job with it. Certainly, we need to continue to expand it.”

🔼 To The City Of Lights. Don’t forget to come out to Colonial Life Arena tomorrow to celebrate Halloween and send Gamecock women’s hoops off to Paris in style! The Gamecocks are hosting an open practice from 5:00-8:00pm ET tomorrow with post-practice trick-or-treating and pumpkin painting. See you there!

🤔 GAMECOCK TRIVIA

Did It Again. Gamecock women’s soccer last won SEC Goalkeeper of the Year and SEC Defender of the Year in 2019. Can you name the two players who won the awards that season?

Think you have it? Scroll down to the bottom of this email for the right answer!

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📬 THE WEEK AHEAD

Monday 10/30 - Tuesday 10/31

⛳ Men’s Golf @ Daniel Island Intercollegiate

Tuesday 10/31

⚽️ Women’s Soccer vs. Texas A&M at the SEC Tournament (Pensacola, FL) @ 3:30pm ET on SEC Network

⚽️ Men’s Soccer @ Marshall @ 7:15pm ET on ESPN+

Wednesday 11/1 - Sunday 11/5

🎾 Men’s & Women’s Tennis @ the ITA Fall National Championships (San Diego, CA)

Wednesday 11/1

🏀 Men’s Basketball vs. Wofford (exhibition) @ 7:00pm ET

Thursday 11/2 - Sunday 11/5

🏖️ Beach Volleyball @ AVCA Fall Pairs Championship (neutral site)

Friday 11/3 - Sunday 11/5

🎾 Men’s Tennis @ Wake Forest Fall Invite

Friday 11/3

🏇 Equestrian vs. Texas A&M @ 10:00am ET

🏇 Equestrian vs. College of Charleston @ 2:00pm ET

🏊‍♀️ Swimming and diving vs. North Carolina @ 3:00pm ET

🏐 Women’s Volleyball vs. Kentucky @ 7:00pm ET on SEC Network+ | Tickets

Saturday 11/4

🏖️ Beach Volleyball @ UNF Pairs Tournament (neutral site)

🏈 Football vs. Jacksonville State @ 12:00pm ET on ESPNU | Tickets

Sunday 11/5 - Sunday 11/12

⚽️ Men’s Soccer @ Sun Belt Tournament

Sunday 11/5

🏐 Women’s Volleyball vs. Ole Miss @ 12:00pm ET on SEC Network | Tickets

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Mikayla Krzeczowski won SEC Goalkeeper of the Year and Grace Fisk won SEC Defender of the Year in 2019.

🤙 Have a good Monday, y’all.